Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Romania

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Romania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Romania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Paraguay	Romania
1960	6.5	2.34
1961	6.49	2.17
1962	6.47	2.04
1963	6.45	2.01
1964	6.42	1.96
1965	6.35	1.91
1966	6.23	1.9
1967	6.1	3.66
1968	5.97	3.63
1969	5.84	3.19
1970	5.72	2.89
1971	5.59	2.67
1972	5.46	2.55
1973	5.35	2.44
1974	5.27	2.71
1975	5.18	2.59
1976	5.12	2.54
1977	5.08	2.57
1978	5.04	2.52
1979	5.06	2.49
1980	5.1	2.43
1981	5.15	2.36
1982	5.13	2.17
1983	5.09	2.06
1984	5.04	2.26
1985	4.97	2.31
1986	4.93	2.39
1987	4.85	2.38
1988	4.77	2.3
1989	4.68	2.22
1990	4.57	1.83
1991	4.48	1.59
1992	4.4	1.51
1993	4.28	1.43
1994	4.2	1.4
1995	4.11	1.33
1996	4.01	1.3
1997	3.91	1.32
1998	3.8	1.32
1999	3.67	1.3
2000	3.51	1.31
2001	3.36	1.27
2002	3.23	1.27
2003	3.12	1.3
2004	3.05	1.33
2005	2.97	1.4
2006	2.89	1.42
2007	2.82	1.45
2008	2.79	1.6
2009	2.76	1.66
2010	2.7	1.59
2011	2.67	1.47
2012	2.66	1.52
2013	2.64	1.46
2014	2.65	1.56
2015	2.65	1.62
2016	2.62	1.69
2017	2.59	1.78
2018	2.56	1.76
2019	2.53	1.77
2020	2.5	1.8
2021	2.47	1.81
2022	2.44	1.71
2023	2.42	1.71
2024	2.42	1.71
2025	2.39	1.71
2026	2.37	1.7
2027	2.35	1.7
2028	2.33	1.7
2029	2.31	1.7
2030	2.29	1.7
2031	2.27	1.7
2032	2.26	1.7
2033	2.24	1.69
2034	2.22	1.69
2035	2.21	1.69
2036	2.19	1.69
2037	2.17	1.69
2038	2.16	1.69
2039	2.14	1.69
2040	2.13	1.69
2041	2.12	1.68
2042	2.11	1.68
2043	2.09	1.68
2044	2.08	1.68
2045	2.07	1.68
2046	2.06	1.68
2047	2.05	1.68
2048	2.04	1.68
2049	2.03	1.68
2050	2.02	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Romania
1960	46.3%	28.1%
1961	46.2%	28%
1962	46.1%	27.7%
1963	46%	27.3%
1964	46%	26.7%
1965	46%	26%
1966	46%	25.2%
1967	45.9%	25%
1968	45.8%	25.1%
1969	45.7%	25.1%
1970	45.5%	25.1%
1971	45.2%	24.9%
1972	45%	24.9%
1973	44.6%	24.9%
1974	44.2%	25.1%
1975	43.7%	25.3%
1976	43.3%	25.7%
1977	42.8%	26%
1978	42.4%	26.3%
1979	42%	26.5%
1980	41.6%	26.8%
1981	41.4%	27.1%
1982	41.2%	26.8%
1983	41.2%	25.9%
1984	41.2%	25.1%
1985	41.2%	24.6%
1986	41.3%	24.3%
1987	41.3%	24%
1988	41.4%	23.9%
1989	41.5%	23.7%
1990	41.5%	23.3%
1991	41.5%	22.8%
1992	41.5%	22.2%
1993	41.4%	21.6%
1994	41.3%	21%
1995	41.1%	20.5%
1996	40.8%	20%
1997	40.4%	19.6%
1998	40%	19.3%
1999	39.5%	19.1%
2000	39%	18.6%
2001	38.4%	18.1%
2002	37.9%	17.5%
2003	37.3%	16.9%
2004	36.6%	16.4%
2005	35.8%	16%
2006	35.1%	15.8%
2007	34.4%	15.7%
2008	33.8%	15.7%
2009	33.2%	15.7%
2010	32.5%	15.7%
2011	32%	15.8%
2012	31.4%	15.7%
2013	30.9%	15.7%
2014	30.5%	15.7%
2015	30.2%	15.7%
2016	29.9%	15.7%
2017	29.7%	15.8%
2018	29.5%	15.9%
2019	29.3%	16%
2020	29.1%	16.1%
2021	29%	16.1%
2022	28.9%	16%
2023	28.8%	15.9%
2024	28.6%	15.7%
2025	28.4%	15.6%
2026	28.1%	15.4%
2027	27.9%	15.3%
2028	27.6%	15.2%
2029	27.3%	15.1%
2030	26.9%	15%
2031	26.5%	14.9%
2032	26.1%	14.7%
2033	25.8%	14.6%
2034	25.4%	14.4%
2035	25%	14.4%
2036	24.7%	14.3%
2037	24.4%	14.3%
2038	24.1%	14.3%
2039	23.8%	14.2%
2040	23.5%	14.2%
2041	23.2%	14.3%
2042	23%	14.3%
2043	22.7%	14.3%
2044	22.5%	14.3%
2045	22.3%	14.4%
2046	22.1%	14.4%
2047	22%	14.4%
2048	21.8%	14.4%
2049	21.6%	14.4%
2050	21.4%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and -0.4% in Romania. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Paraguay	Romania
1960	60,009	191,431
1961	61,536	163,286
1962	63,079	130,736
1963	64,741	139,104
1964	65,681	134,326
1965	66,063	114,190
1966	66,002	115,293
1967	65,695	347,709
1968	65,575	338,577
1969	65,616	264,120
1970	65,905	234,905
1971	66,142	206,662
1972	66,625	198,316
1973	67,803	175,020
1974	69,059	235,530
1975	70,285	219,324
1976	71,973	213,361
1977	74,359	215,385
1978	76,691	204,148
1979	80,345	194,397
1980	84,568	168,776
1981	89,456	156,472
1982	92,917	119,121
1983	96,406	87,986
1984	99,937	117,731
1985	102,859	111,392
1986	105,776	134,737
1987	107,962	128,517
1988	110,348	126,817
1989	111,727	122,756
1990	112,864	69,605
1991	114,472	25,301
1992	115,442	-4,559
1993	115,211	-13,658
1994	115,662	-18,184
1995	115,777	-36,295
1996	115,623	-56,548
1997	115,095	-42,853
1998	114,122	-33,761
1999	112,726	-31,461
2000	109,979	-22,443
2001	107,225	-37,625
2002	104,658	-58,673
2003	102,427	-56,093
2004	101,896	-42,904
2005	101,035	-40,508
2006	99,808	-38,148
2007	99,141	-37,590
2008	99,821	-30,806
2009	100,296	-34,625
2010	99,456	-46,567
2011	100,442	-56,413
2012	102,508	-54,157
2013	103,383	-59,951
2014	105,585	-55,745
2015	106,817	-59,447
2016	106,804	-53,196
2017	105,634	-50,930
2018	104,908	-62,316
2019	103,179	-60,053
2020	98,667	-100,179
2021	78,667	-141,504
2022	94,627	-93,338
2023	97,748	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Romania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Romania
1985	237	184
1986	230	180
1987	225	173
1988	220	159
1989	209	143
1990	198	118
1991	192	104
1992	195	95
1993	197	87
1994	201	80
1995	202	75
1996	203	72
1997	205	66
1998	207	58
1999	207	51
2000	207	45
2001	207	41
2002	206	38
2003	203	35
2004	199	32
2005	194	30
2006	186	27
2007	177	25
2008	166	25
2009	152	25
2010	136	23
2011	120	20
2012	100	19
2013	84	18
2014	70	18
2015	64	18
2016	60	17
2017	58	17
2018	58	15
2019	58	14
2020	69	16
2021	140	20
2022	78	13
2023	58	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 0.66% in Romania. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Paraguay	Romania
1960	8.18%	8.82%
1961	8.11%	7.98%
1962	8.06%	6.98%
1963	8.02%	6.03%
1964	7.99%	5.45%
1965	7.96%	5.44%
1966	7.94%	5.83%
1967	7.91%	6.27%
1968	7.88%	6.44%
1969	7.84%	6.23%
1970	7.79%	5.69%
1971	7.73%	5.06%
1972	7.66%	4.64%
1973	7.57%	4.49%
1974	7.46%	4.43%
1975	7.34%	4.27%
1976	7.21%	4.05%
1977	7.06%	3.86%
1978	6.91%	3.76%
1979	6.74%	3.68%
1980	6.55%	3.57%
1981	6.35%	3.44%
1982	6.14%	3.28%
1983	5.92%	3.14%
1984	5.71%	3.08%
1985	5.5%	3.16%
1986	5.3%	3.33%
1987	5.1%	3.45%
1988	4.92%	3.43%
1989	4.73%	3.31%
1990	4.55%	3.14%
1991	4.38%	2.97%
1992	4.23%	2.84%
1993	4.08%	2.79%
1994	3.95%	2.76%
1995	3.83%	2.73%
1996	3.72%	2.68%
1997	3.62%	2.58%
1998	3.53%	2.44%
1999	3.45%	2.29%
2000	3.36%	2.16%
2001	3.29%	2.06%
2002	3.22%	2.01%
2003	3.14%	1.99%
2004	3.07%	1.94%
2005	2.99%	1.82%
2006	2.91%	1.66%
2007	2.83%	1.51%
2008	2.75%	1.4%
2009	2.67%	1.31%
2010	2.59%	1.24%
2011	2.51%	1.18%
2012	2.44%	1.12%
2013	2.37%	1.05%
2014	2.3%	0.99%
2015	2.22%	0.92%
2016	2.15%	0.85%
2017	2.08%	0.79%
2018	2.01%	0.73%
2019	1.94%	0.68%
2020	1.88%	0.66%
2021	1.82%	0.65%
2022	1.76%	0.66%
2023	1.7%	0.66%